Modelling of decay chain transport in groundwater from uranium tailings ponds

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2300-2311

  Nair, R N ^a   Sunny, Faby ^a   Manikandan, S T ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Decay chain transport; Effective dose; Groundwater drinking pathway; Groundwater modelling; Radiological safety assessment; Uranium tailings pond

Indexed keywords

DECAY CHAINS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY ASSESSMENT; TAILINGS POND;

DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; LEAD; ORE TAILINGS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77952549821     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2009.10.038     Document Type: Article

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